Short Order Food Preparers: Job, Salary, and School Information from The Riley Guide

Job Numbers and Growth

The number of employed short order food preparers is about 195,000. This occupation has a very high unemployment rating.

Part-Time Work and Self-Employment

Approximately 30% of employees work part time. 2% of short order food preparers have ended up working for themlseves.

Training and Education

People with short-term on-the-job training have an easier time finding a job in this career. The percentage of employees with at least a 4 year degree or higher is 5%. Approximately 19% of short order food preparers started in college but were able to get a job without a degree. Workers with a high school diploma but no further education represent 77% of the total. Recommended schools are shown in the column to the right; request information from them to help you decide which, if any, could help you with this career.

Area Job Conditions

Jobs for this occupation are more popular (on a per capita basis) in Ocean City (New Jersey), Lancaster (Pennsylvania), and Athens (Georgia), and less popular in Lexington (Kentucky), Elkhart (Indiana), and Sarasota (Florida).

Without adjusting for the cost of living, short order food preparers get paid the most in Asheville (North Carolina), New Haven (Connecticut), and Oakland (California), and the least in Jackson (Mississippi), McAllen (Texas), and Houma (Louisiana).

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Short Order Food Preparers: Job and Salary Data by Metropolitan Area

The table below shows data for Short Order Food Preparers, as of 2008. The Popularity in Area number tells you how common jobs for Short Order Food Preparers are in the area, compared to other US metro areas. A value of 1.0 means an average number of people in the position for area population. Lower numbers mean fewer of these positions in the metro area. The most popular areas for Short Order Food Preparers are starred .

State	Area	Positions	Typical Pay	Popularity in Area
Alabama	Anniston	120	$16,220	2.6
Alabama	Birmingham	510	$17,020	0.9
Alabama	Decatur	100	$18,460	1.9
Alabama	Huntsville	240	$17,400	1.1
Alabama	Mobile	230	$16,050	1.2
Alaska	Anchorage	410	$23,440	2.4
Arizona	Flagstaff	260	$19,250	4.8
Arizona	Phoenix	1,850	$20,920	0.9
Arizona	Prescott	190	$18,980	3.1
Arizona	Tucson	1,310	$18,960	3.2
Arkansas	Fayetteville	210	$17,590	1
Arkansas	Hot Springs	30	$19,180	0.9
Arkansas	Jonesboro	110	$19,140	2.3
Arkansas	Little Rock	740	$19,050	2
California	Bakersfield	340	$21,790	1.2
California	Chico	120	$21,130	1.7
California	Fresno	320	$22,220	0.9
California	Hanford	80	$24,090	3
California	Oakland	570	$25,940	0.5
California	Oxnard	450	$23,090	1.4
California	Redding	40	$19,960	0.6
California	Riverside	990	$22,040	0.7
California	Sacramento	1,590	$21,970	1.6
California	Salinas	160	$23,350	1
California	San Diego	1,430	$23,490	1
California	San Francisco	1,160	$24,530	1
California	San Jose	700	$22,450	0.7
California	Santa Ana	1,620	$22,700	0.9
California	Santa Barbara	270	$23,890	1.5
California	Santa Cruz	140	$24,060	1.6
California	Santa Rosa	90	$24,200	0.5
California	Visalia	110	$19,650	0.8
Colorado	Boulder	180	$21,030	1
Colorado	Colorado Springs	280	$21,160	1
Colorado	Denver	1,590	$20,810	1.1
Colorado	Fort Collins	240	$18,260	1.9
Colorado	Greeley	40	$19,970	0.5
Colorado	Pueblo	40	$16,100	0.8
Connecticut	Bridgeport	690	$22,490	1.4
Connecticut	Danbury	90	$25,600	1.3
Connecticut	Hartford	450	$24,170	0.7
Connecticut	New Haven	540	$25,370	1.8
Connecticut	Norwich	120	$24,750	0.9
Connecticut	Waterbury	80	$19,740	1.2
Delaware	Wilmington	310	$19,440	0.9
District of Columbia	Washington	4,080	$22,170	1.6
Florida	Cape Coral	400	$20,590	1.8
Florida	Fort Lauderdale	480	$18,230	0.6
Florida	Gainesville	40	$19,510	0.3
Florida	Jacksonville	330	$18,870	0.5
Florida	Miami	590	$20,830	0.5
Florida	Ocala	60	$17,940	0.6
Florida	Orlando	620	$21,640	0.5
Florida	Sarasota	50	$18,630	0.2
Florida	Tallahassee	290	$17,470	1.7
Florida	Tampa	650	$21,860	0.5
Florida	West Palm Beach	240	$21,770	0.4
Georgia	Athens	420	$19,240	5.5
Georgia	Atlanta	3,630	$17,840	1.4
Georgia	Augusta	370	$15,690	1.7
Georgia	Columbus	190	$15,820	1.7
Georgia	Dalton	60	$17,840	0.8
Georgia	Savannah	220		1.4
Georgia	Valdosta	160	$16,510	2.9
Hawaii	Honolulu	800	$23,780	1.7
Idaho	Coeur Dalene	80	$19,230	1.5
Illinois	Champaign	90	$17,910	0.9
Illinois	Chicago	3,290	$21,420	0.8
Illinois	Peoria	180	$19,330	1
Indiana	Anderson	130	$17,400	3.4
Indiana	Columbus	40	$18,020	1
Indiana	Elkhart	40	$17,440	0.3
Indiana	Evansville	140	$18,280	0.8
Indiana	Fort Wayne	260	$17,950	1.1
Indiana	Gary	440	$19,920	1.4
Indiana	Indianapolis	780	$19,860	0.8
Indiana	Kokomo	60	$19,770	1.8
Indiana	Lafayette	120	$18,380	1.6
Indiana	Muncie	110	$17,070	2.5
Indiana	South Bend	300	$18,960	2.1
Indiana	Terre Haute	270	$16,130	3.9
Iowa	Davenport	180	$19,710	0.9
Iowa	Des Moines	210	$18,630	0.6
Iowa	Dubuque	80	$17,720	1.6
Kansas	Lawrence	160	$17,500	3.7
Kansas	Topeka	220	$17,400	1.9
Kansas	Wichita	400	$17,620	1.2
Kentucky	Bowling Green	50	$18,260	0.9
Kentucky	Lexington	80	$18,790	0.3
Kentucky	Louisville	1,760	$16,200	2.6
Louisiana	Baton Rouge	720	$15,110	1.8
Louisiana	Houma	170	$14,530	1.7
Louisiana	Lafayette	260	$19,330	1.7
Louisiana	New Orleans	900	$19,450	1.6
Louisiana	Shreveport	360	$16,850	1.9
Maine	Bangor	80	$17,540	1.3
Maine	Portland	350	$21,580	1.6
Maryland	Baltimore	1,850	$21,970	1.3
Maryland	Bethesda	440	$21,920	0.7
Maryland	Cumberland	90	$18,850	2.7
Maryland	Hagerstown	240	$19,940	2.3
Massachusetts	Boston	1,800	$25,650	0.9
Massachusetts	Brockton	40	$23,990	0.4
Massachusetts	Haverhill	300	$23,070	3.8
Massachusetts	Lowell	50	$24,450	0.4
Massachusetts	Springfield	420	$21,560	1.3
Michigan	Ann Arbor	410	$21,240	2.3
Michigan	Battle Creek	50	$19,710	1.1
Michigan	Bay City	130	$19,520	4
Michigan	Detroit	1,000	$18,750	1.3
Michigan	Flint	400	$22,030	2.8
Michigan	Grand Rapids	630	$18,960	1.5
Michigan	Kalamazoo	130	$19,530	0.9
Michigan	Monroe	70	$19,980	1.9
Michigan	Muskegon	70	$24,190	1.2
Michigan	Niles	120	$21,600	1.9
Michigan	Warren	2,310	$20,390	1.8
Minnesota	Duluth	370	$17,990	2.8
Minnesota	Minneapolis	1,600	$23,190	0.8
Minnesota	Rochester	130	$21,480	1.4
Minnesota	St Cloud	190	$20,930	1.8
Mississippi	Gulfport	130	$18,580	1.1
Mississippi	Jackson	390	$14,910	1.4
Missouri	Columbia	230	$16,780	2.8
Missouri	Jefferson City	130	$17,090	1.9
Missouri	Kansas City	1,070	$19,750	0.9
Missouri	Springfield	210	$17,440	1
Missouri	St Louis	1,490	$20,640	1
Nebraska	Lincoln	330	$18,600	1.9
Nebraska	Omaha	870	$21,390	1.7
Nevada	Carson City	30	$20,640	1.2
Nevada	Las Vegas	2,700	$27,280	2.6
Nevada	Reno	360	$22,340	1.6
New Hampshire	Nashua	350	$21,390	2.4
New Hampshire	Portsmouth	100	$18,520	1.8
New Hampshire	Rochester	130	$21,800	2.3
New Jersey	Atlantic City	200	$21,970	1.3
New Jersey	Camden	1,030	$21,180	1.7
New Jersey	Edison	810	$24,210	0.7
New Jersey	Newark	1,420	$20,510	1.3
New Jersey	Ocean City	240	$24,930	6.1
New Jersey	Trenton	470	$22,370	2
New Jersey	Vineland	240	$16,680	4.3
New Mexico	Albuquerque	520	$20,840	1.2
New Mexico	Las Cruces	60	$19,170	1
New Mexico	Santa Fe	110	$22,090	1.7
New York	Albany	300	$21,100	0.6
New York	Binghamton	50	$19,820	0.5
New York	Buffalo	730	$20,430	1.2
New York	Ithaca	30	$19,170	0.7
New York	Nassau	900	$24,720	0.6
New York	New York	3,510	$24,620	0.6
New York	Poughkeepsie	230	$23,230	0.9
New York	Rochester	800	$20,000	1.4
New York	Syracuse	250	$22,910	0.7
North Carolina	Asheville	160	$28,980	0.8
North Carolina	Charlotte	1,980	$20,660	2
North Carolina	Durham	580	$18,500	1.9
North Carolina	Fayetteville	180	$17,440	1.4
North Carolina	Greensboro	600	$18,990	1.5
North Carolina	Hickory	190	$19,610	1.1
North Carolina	Jacksonville	160	$17,700	4.1
North Carolina	Raleigh	600	$18,080	1.1
North Carolina	Wilmington	650	$16,870	4.2
North Carolina	Winston Salem	420	$18,260	1.8
North Dakota	Bismarck	60	$18,450	1.1
North Dakota	Fargo	240	$20,050	2
North Dakota	Grand Forks	100	$18,860	2.1
Ohio	Akron	630	$20,850	1.7
Ohio	Canton	220	$19,410	1.2
Ohio	Cincinnati	970	$20,170	0.8
Ohio	Cleveland	950	$19,010	0.8
Ohio	Columbus	740	$19,580	0.7
Ohio	Dayton	710	$20,420	1.6
Ohio	Springfield	40	$20,400	0.9
Ohio	Toledo	650	$18,510	1.9
Ohio	Youngstown	380	$18,350	1.5
Oklahoma	Oklahoma City	540	$17,460	0.9
Oklahoma	Tulsa	410	$17,070	0.8
Oregon	Eugene	280	$19,970	1.8
Oregon	Medford	80	$20,290	0.9
Oregon	Portland	780	$21,500	0.7
Pennsylvania	Allentown	690	$20,400	1.9
Pennsylvania	Altoona	120	$19,330	2
Pennsylvania	Erie	290	$21,010	2.2
Pennsylvania	Harrisburg	860	$21,080	2.5
Pennsylvania	Johnstown	190	$17,180	3.4
Pennsylvania	Lancaster	1,510	$19,580	5.9
Pennsylvania	Lebanon	100	$23,120	2.2
Pennsylvania	Philadelphia	2,910	$22,810	1.4
Pennsylvania	Pittsburgh	1,850	$19,440	1.4
Pennsylvania	Reading	450	$20,840	2.6
Pennsylvania	Scranton	520	$21,840	1.9
Pennsylvania	State College	280	$19,340	5.1
Pennsylvania	Williamsport	100	$18,440	2
Pennsylvania	York	210	$21,810	1.1
Rhode Island	Providence	1,040	$22,140	1.7
South Carolina	Charleston	850	$18,740	2.7
South Carolina	Columbia	670	$16,190	1.7
South Carolina	Greenville	350	$17,940	1
South Carolina	Myrtle Beach	180	$21,230	1.5
South Carolina	Spartanburg	410	$16,890	3.2
South Dakota	Rapid City	170	$18,060	2.7
South Dakota	Sioux Falls	250	$19,680	1.7
Tennessee	Chattanooga	290	$17,540	1.1
Tennessee	Clarksville	170	$15,420	2.2
Tennessee	Knoxville	350	$18,060	0.9
Tennessee	Memphis	1,030	$18,760	1.5
Tennessee	Nashville	520	$17,950	0.6
Texas	Austin	410	$19,810	0.5
Texas	College Station	40	$15,480	0.5
Texas	Corpus Christi	140	$15,420	0.7
Texas	Dallas	1,440	$21,570	0.6
Texas	El Paso	100	$17,810	0.3
Texas	Fort Worth	650	$18,930	0.7
Texas	Houston	1,020	$20,000	0.4
Texas	Laredo	60	$16,390	0.7
Texas	Lubbock	110	$18,330	0.9
Texas	Mcallen	220	$14,640	0.9
Texas	San Antonio	440	$20,560	0.5
Texas	Texarkana	40	$16,290	0.8
Texas	Tyler	90	$19,690	1
Utah	St George	50	$18,410	1.1
Vermont	Burlington	270	$22,470	2.4
Virginia	Blacksburg	180	$17,630	3
Virginia	Charlottesville	110	$24,220	1.1
Virginia	Harrisonburg	50	$19,560	0.9
Virginia	Richmond	570	$19,230	0.9
Virginia	Roanoke	230	$18,890	1.4
Virginia	Virginia Beach	670	$20,060	0.8
Virginia	Winchester	60	$17,950	1.2
Washington	Bellingham	40	$23,480	0.5
Washington	Bremerton	90	$22,620	1.1
Washington	Olympia	110	$21,710	1.1
Washington	Seattle	610	$23,960	0.4
Washington	Spokane	160	$22,280	0.7
Washington	Tacoma	150	$24,560	0.5
Washington	Yakima	80	$21,480	1
West Virginia	Charleston	70	$18,860	0.5
West Virginia	Huntington	50	$17,560	0.4
West Virginia	Morgantown	30	$15,860	0.7
West Virginia	Parkersburg	90	$16,960	1.3
West Virginia	Wheeling	120	$19,970	1.9
Wisconsin	Appleton	150	$19,470	1.3
Wisconsin	Eau Claire	170	$19,930	2.2
Wisconsin	Green Bay	350	$19,720	2
Wisconsin	Janesville	80	$20,950	1.2
Wisconsin	La Crosse	270	$22,180	3.9
Wisconsin	Madison	700	$19,530	1.9
Wisconsin	Milwaukee	700	$20,130	0.7

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